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River Falls is a town in Covington County in south-central Alabama, about five miles northwest of the county seat of Andalusia, with a population of 479 at the 2020 census.

The town was named for a nearby waterfall on the Conecuh River, which runs through River Falls, and it grew up around the Horseshoe Lumber Company in the late nineteenth century.

River Falls was a classic company town: virtually all of its residents worked for the Horseshoe Lumber Company well into the twentieth century, and most lived in housing leased from the company.

The town's post office was established in 1891, and River Falls first incorporated in 1902, though the incorporation lapsed in 1910 and the town did not legally incorporate again until 1935.

The lumber mill burned down in 1907 and again in 1925, and a great flood in 1929 sent the Conecuh River and its tributaries over the town, submerging River Falls under about 10 feet of water.

River Falls's population peaked at 1,107 residents in the 1920 census and has declined over the past century to 479 in 2020.

Within River Falls lies Montezuma, once a separate community and the first county seat of Covington County before the seat was moved to Andalusia.

A hydroelectric dam at the northeast corner of town creates Point A Lake on the Conecuh River, and the town abuts the Point A reservoir, which offers boating and fishing.

Conecuh National Forest lies about 12 miles south of River Falls and provides hunting and the Blue Lake and Open Pond recreation areas.

There are no public schools within the town limits, so River Falls students attend Covington County schools.